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Later, when trading with Iran commenced, the proceeds were used to purchase additional arms for the Contras operating in the mountains of Nicaragua.  When these transactions became public a Special Prosecutor, Lawrence Walsh, was appointed.  Walsh then prosecuted a number of high-level Reagan Administration officials.  Not generally known at the time, two future Presidents, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, were heavily involved.<ref>[https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_cia05.htm#THE_BOSS_HOG_LIST_ The Boss Hogg List]</ref> The matter ended later with President George H. W. Bush pardoning other key players and the election of Bill Clinton.

Later, when trading with Iran commenced, the proceeds were used to purchase additional arms for the Contras operating in the mountains of Nicaragua.  When these transactions became public a Special Prosecutor, Lawrence Walsh, was appointed.  Walsh then prosecuted a number of high-level Reagan Administration officials.  Not generally known at the time, two future Presidents, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, were heavily involved.<ref>[https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_cia05.htm#THE_BOSS_HOG_LIST_ The Boss Hogg List]</ref> The matter ended later with President George H. W. Bush pardoning other key players and the election of Bill Clinton.

While the [[foreign policy]] of the United States is explicitly the purvue of the President, Congress nonetheless retains the power of the purse. President Reagan wished to actively oppose the [[Soviet]] and [[Cuba]]n fomented violence and [[Marxist]] [[revolution]] in [[Central America]], and their active material support of the [[communist]] regime of [[Daniel Ortega]] and the Nicaragua [[Sandinista]]s. The [[Boland Amendment]] however, forbid the use of any US federal funds to overthrow the Nicaraguan communist regime. Sources of funding were sought elsewhere.<ref>http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-05-06/news/8702030597_1_gen-richard-secord-anxiety-and-ignorance-supply-effort</ref>

While the [[foreign policy]] of the United States is explicitly the purvue of the President, Congress nonetheless retains the power of the purse. President Reagan wished to actively oppose the [[Soviet]] and [[Cuba]]n fomented violence and [[Marxist]] [[revolution]] in [[Central America]], and their active material support of the [[communist]] regime of [[Daniel Ortega]] and the Nicaragua [[Sandinista]]s. The [[Boland Amendment]] however, forbid the use of any US federal funds to overthrow the Nicaraguan communist regime. Sources of funding were sought elsewhere.<ref>http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-05-06/news/8702030597_1_gen-richard-secord-anxiety-and-ignorance-supply-effort</ref>